Blythe Bridge Camera Club

Blythe Bridge Camera Club Blythe Bridge Camera Club meets in Blythe Bridge from September to April.

Blythe Bridge Camera Club was founded in 1950 and is affiliated to the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain through the Midland Counties Photographic Federation.

Summer " Touch & Try Day" Sat urday 6th June at Peter Rodgers Photographic Shop Stafford
01/06/2026

Summer " Touch & Try Day" Sat urday 6th June at Peter Rodgers Photographic Shop Stafford

Our final competition of the season was held on Monday 20th April 2026 which was the “PDI Of The Year” Competition. Der...
26/04/2026

Our final competition of the season was held on Monday 20th April 2026 which was the “PDI Of The Year” Competition. Derek Danks was our judge for the evening, facing the formidable task of evaluating nearly 80 high-quality entries across the Intermediate and Advanced sections. Derek began with the Intermediate category, providing thoughtful critiques and holding back several standout pieces for final awards. He named Mick Perry with his Image “Red Brown Squirrel“ as Intermediate group “PDI of the Year
In the second half, Derek turned his attention to the advanced entries. After another round of insightful feedback and careful deliberation, he named David Bourne with his image "Jessica” as the “DPI Image of the Year”. Derek noted the difficulty of choosing winners from such a strong field and expressed how much he truly enjoyed viewing the images on display.

On Monday 23rd March we held a Open – People/ Portrait Competition (Print/PDI).We were delighted to welcome Geoff Reader...
27/03/2026

On Monday 23rd March we held a Open – People/ Portrait Competition (Print/PDI).
We were delighted to welcome Geoff Reader DPAGB BPE3* to judge our most recent competition. With a high volume of entries in both sections, Geoff faced the unenviable task of separating a very strong field. Our members thoroughly enjoyed his comprehensive appraisals and insightful critiques of every image.
It was fantastic to see some of our new members having successful images in this competition.
A special congratulations goes to William Brown, who won the prestigious “Portrait Image of the Year” with his striking shot, "Left of Centre." Well done, William!

Also, a huge thank you to our judge, Geoff Reader DPAGB BPE3*,

On Monday 23rd February we welcomed Clive Ward LRPS AFIAP, to judge our Open Print Competition. There was a good entry f...
03/03/2026

On Monday 23rd February we welcomed Clive Ward LRPS AFIAP, to judge our Open Print Competition. There was a good entry from both the Advanced and Intermediate groups with most genres being represented. Every image was carefully and thoughtfully judged with many hints and tips to improve the work. Our members were very complimentary and impressed with Clive’s critique. The standard of photography was very high, which made for a difficult task to separate the top images.

Intermediate
1st - Ringing Jackie's Bell - John Richards
2nd - Urban Fox - Mick Perry
3rd - Chestnut Splash - Mick Perry
HC - X-Wing Fighter - John Richards
HC - Galaxy over St Margaret's - John Richards
Comm. - Into Rough Waters - Steven Copeland
Comm. - Waiting for Eve - John Richards
Advanced
1st - 1000cc Sidecars, Cliff Hughes
2nd - Breakwater - Paul Way
3rd - Refusal - Paul Way
HC - Rough Sea at Penmon - Paul Wy
HC - Goldfinch on Blossom - Stephen Simcox
Comm. - Reflections off a Glass Balcony - Gordon Clayton
Comm. - Redpoll on Buds - Stephen Simcox

Open / Landscape Print & PDI competition 26th January 2026Our judge for the night was Steve Clifford. Steve had a chall...
28/01/2026

Open / Landscape Print & PDI competition 26th January 2026

Our judge for the night was Steve Clifford. Steve had a challenging night with almost 80 images in total and it was not an easy task for him with it being a good strong entry from both the Intermediate and Advanced sections. Steve started off commenting on the Intermediate & Advanced Prints first, holding back some images for the awards. He gave some very good critique on the night for the members to take on board, so I hope some of them go back and try what he said on the night.
Then in the second half Steve started to judge the Intermediate and Advanced PDI images and again gave some good critique. He again held some images back for the awards before awarding the Landscape image of the year to Paul Way with “Morning mist”
Steve said it was not an easy night for him and he did tell all the members he really enjoyed looking at all the images entered into tonight’s competition.

Intermediate pdi winners
1 - Above the clouds - Mick Perry
2 - The shepherds view - Mick Perry
3 - Old jetty Leverburgh - Charles Harris
HC - On the beach - John Richards
HC - St David's - John Richards
C - The quiet mooring - Mick Perry
C - When the sun goes down - Tilly Grocott

Advanced pdi winners
1 - Morning mist at Llyn Crafnant - Paul Way
2 - This is going to hurt - Paul Way
3 - Burnham lighthouse - David Bourne
HC - Clifftop monastery - Chris Brennan
HC - Chester cloisters - William Brown
C - Rock formation Filey - Richard Bryant
C - Moonrise at Trentham - David Bourne

05/01/2026

Due to the adverse weather conditions, tonight's meeting at the Blythe Bridge Village Hall is CANCELLED.
Instead this meeting will be held on Zoom.
An email will be sent out to members with the link to join from the club secretary. See you all tonight.

Continuing our third competition of the season “Open / Natural History Competition” (Print/PDI). After a short break, i...
07/12/2025

Continuing our third competition of the season “Open / Natural History Competition” (Print/PDI). After a short break, in the second half David started to judge the Intermediate and Advanced Print entries and again gave some good critique. The standard of photography was very high, which made for a difficult task to separate the top images in each group, he did say it was not an easy night for him and he did tell all the members he really enjoyed looking at all the images we entered on tonight’s competition. Thank you to Steven for organising the competition with such a large number of entries.
Print Results:-
Congratulations to Richard Bryant with his image
"Vapourer moth" - Nature Image of the Year
Advanced
First -Cycling between shadows - Chris Brennan
2nd - Vapourer moth - Richard Bryant
3rd - Male sparrowhawk - Stephen Simcox
H Com - Droplets - Chris Brennan
H Com - Cormorant grabs a pike - Cliff Hughes
Com - Willow warbler - Richard Bryant
Com - Giant Hooded Katydid - Gordon Clayton

Intermediate
1st - Grey squirrel having lunch - Steven Copeland
2nd - Peregrine falcon - Mick Perry
3rd - Common darter - John Richards
H Com - Emerald damselfly - John Richards
H Com - Female broad bodied chaser - Mick Perry
Com - Black and yellow longhorn beetles - John Richards
Com - Hoverfly on thistle - Mick Perry

On Monday 24th November for our third competition of the season “Open / Natural History Competition” (Print/PDI). The j...
27/11/2025

On Monday 24th November for our third competition of the season “Open / Natural History Competition” (Print/PDI). The judge for the night was David Kissman. David had a challenging night with over 90 images in total and it was not an easy task for him with it being a good strong entry from the Intermediate and Advanced groups. It was clear that he was going to have a difficult task separating out the best images in each section.
David started the evening commenting on the DPI images for the Intermediate group first and holding back some images for the awards, before moving onto the Advanced images.
He gave some very good critique on the night for our members to take on board and learn from his comments
Results of the DPI
Intermediate
First - Grasshopper - John Richards
Second - Heron - Mick Perry
Third - Brown red squirrel Mick Perry
HC - Hungry wren chicks - Mick Perry
HC - Little egret - Mick Perry
C - Great crested grebe with chicks - Mick Perry
C - Lionfish - Pterois Volitans - Steven Copeland

Advanced
First - Damselfly for the grebe chicks - Cliff Hughes
Second - Towering over the tracks - Chris Brennan
Third - Cormorant yawning - Cliff Hughes
HC - Dipper with flies - Paul Way
HC - Rooster - David Bourne
C - Red squirrel - Chris Brennan
C - Averted eyes - William Brown

Open Print competition 22/10/2025The judge for the night was Mr Tom Swallow, he had a very challenging night judging the...
08/11/2025

Open Print competition 22/10/2025
The judge for the night was Mr Tom Swallow, he had a very challenging night judging the Intermediate and the Advanced sections. There were a lot of strong images entered. As a result it made Tom’s night difficult to separate the top images from each section. There were a good number of entries coming from both sections with a wide variety of subjects so well done to all members who took part on the night and take on board what Tom said about the images.
Intermediate
1st - The windmill at Cley - Charles Harris
2nd - Suspended momentum - Michael Perry
3rd - Dawn breaking behind the Llynn peninsula lighthouse
Highly Commended - Misty reflections - Michael Perry
Highly Commended - Poppies on the river Vendee
Commended - Vintage speed - Michael Perry
Commended - I'm all ears - John Richards

Advanced
1st - Llandulas tide - Paul Way
2nd - Evening stroll - William Brown
3rd - Kicking up the spray - Alan Lovatt
Highly Commended - Tiger - Paul Way
Highly Commended - Preparing the engine - David Bourne
Commended - Grasstrackers - Cliff Hughes
Commended - Rose tinted memories of yesteryear - William Brown

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Blythe Bridge And Forsbrook Village Hall, Uttoxeter Road, Blythe Bridge
Stoke-on-Trent
ST119NT

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Monday 7:30pm - 10pm

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